So I've got no real plan for my travels through Mexico. I arrived in Mexico City at about 11pm on Sunday. I had some stuff I wanted to see Monday, then I thought I would hop a night bus out of town to Oaxaca. Well, apparently nearly everything is closed on Mondays here. I killed the day with a nice English girl, still planning on leaving that night. After dinner I sat with smokers in the front of the hostel. Two guys were playing guitar, and a girl was singing. It was one of those experiences that you knew was greater than the sum of its parts. She sang the blues like Janis Joplin (and had a damn good cover of Me and Bobby Mcgee).
The group got larger as the night continued. The Czech guy kept heading out to buy more beer that he shared freely. I thought I would stay until the party was over, then catch a really late bus out of town, but at 3 am when everyone else finally went to sleep I checked the bus schedule on the net to find that the next bus did not leave until 7 AM. I got a bed for the night, and slept a solid 5 hrs.
Teotihucan is the location of the Temple of the Sun (second to the Great Pyramid of Giza) and the Temple of the moon. I headed out there on my own around 10AM after breakfast and a shower. The hike to the top in the hot sun was not exactly the best thing to do after a long night of drinking and little sleep, but whatever. A Brazilian guy struck up conversation on the way in, and we walked the ruins together. He took a lot of pictures, but he was good fun and we got along well.
I checked out the murals in the Palacio Nacional, then got back to the hostel and slept for a bit. I had a nice dinner of two individual sized pizzas from Dominos and took care of some things before heading out into the rain for my midnight bus to Oaxaca.
2 comments:
what an awesome experience! i am so glad you are blogging about your trip. thanks for sharing - i can't wait to hear what happens next. have fun bro.
awww look at you & your journeys! so proud of you bestie!
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